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Professionals · code 2161

Building architects

Building architects design commercial, industrial, institutional, residential and recreational buildings and plan and monitor their construction, maintenance and rehabilitation. Tasks include - (a) developing new or improved architectural theories and methods; (b) inspecting sites and consulting clients, management and other stakeholders to determine type, style and size of proposed buildings and alterations to existing buildings; (c) providing information regarding designs, materials and estimated building times; (d) preparing project documentation, including sketches and scale drawings, and integrating structural, mechanical and aesthetic elements in final designs; (e) writing specifications and contract documents for use by builders and calling tenders on behalf of clients; (f) making necessary contacts to ensure feasibility of projects regarding style, cost, timing and compliance with regulations; (g) identifying and finding best solutions for problems regarding function and quality of interior environments of buildings and making necessary designs, drawings and plans; (h) monitoring construction or rehabilitation work to ensure compliance with specifications and quality standards; (i) maintaining technical liaison and consultancy with other relevant specialists. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Building architect - Interior architect Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Landscape architect - 2162 - Interior decorator - 3432 - Interior designers - 3432

A few tasks are affected, but the heart of the job isn't. It ranks 300 of 427 for holding up against AI.

Also known as

  • architect

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62.9
Holds up
against AI Minimal Exposure

AI could take on 37.1 of 100, on average
so it holds up at 100 − 37.1 = 62.9

That's the whole sum, and you can check it against the ILO's study.

19.8
How hands-on
out of 100

From O*NET, matched to one US job

23.3
How fiddly
and cramped

finger skill 28.6 · hand skill 26.9 · cramped spaces 14.3 · averaged

Kind of hands-on work · hands-on under 50 Less than half hands-on

Less than half of this job is hands-on. Robots still matter, but for a smaller part of the work, so we don't sort it any further.

estimated O*NET 31.0 BLS occupational crosswalk chain ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC (Aug 2012, rev. Jun 2015); 2010 to 2018 SOC (Nov 2017); O*NET-SOC 2019 taxonomy data 0.7-work-setting measures chosen by Frey & Osborne (2017) · the grouping is a sorting, not a measurement

What this number leaves out This job rates 19.8 out of 100 for how hands-on it is. The score above only looks at AI tools, not robots, but for work this far from the physical that matters less.

The tasks behind the score

The score is the average of these. A job is really a bundle of tasks, and an average can hide how uneven that bundle is.

The task AI could do most of scores 47, while the average is 37.1. A big gap means some of this job is wide open to AI and some of it barely at all. That's quite different from a job where everything sits somewhere in the middle, even when the averages match.

  1. 47

    Preparing project documentation, including sketches and scale drawings, and integrating structural, mechanical and aesthetic elements in final designs

    Low
  2. 46

    Writing specifications and contract documents for use by builders and calling tenders on behalf of clients

    Low
  3. 41.3

    Identifying and finding best solutions for problems regarding function and quality of interior environments of buildings and making necessary designs, drawings and plans

    Low
  4. 40

    Developing new or improved architectural theories and methods

    Low
  5. 40

    Maintaining technical liaison and consultancy with other relevant specialists.

    Low
  6. 36

    Making necessary contacts to ensure feasibility of projects regarding style, cost, timing and compliance with regulations

    Low
  7. 32.5

    Providing information regarding designs, materials and estimated building times

    Low
  8. 29

    Inspecting sites and consulting clients, management and other stakeholders to determine type, style and size of proposed buildings and alterations to existing buildings

    Low
  9. 22.5

    Monitoring construction or rehabilitation work to ensure compliance with specifications and quality standards

    Very Low

9 tasks · the High to Very Low labels are the ILO's

from the source Working Paper 140, Generative AI and Jobs 2025 index data 0.7-work-setting

Helped, or replaced?

The score above can't tell a tool that makes you faster from one that does the task instead of you. Jobs and Skills Australia looked at those two things separately, and this is their result, matched to this job.

2 Australian jobs match this one, and we've simply averaged them. Treat the numbers as a rough guide.

AI helps you
72.5
AI does it for you
44.5

Helping wins by 28 points.

estimated Our Gen AI Transition (Gen AI Capacity Study) September 2025 detailed data release data 0.7-work-setting matched to Australian jobs 2321, 2325

Compared with similar jobs

There are 92 jobs in the “Professionals” group, averaging 61.3. This one is above that.